Trainspotter

Name: Trainspotter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye Whiskey; 1 twst Grapefruit Peel; 23 ml St-Germain; 8 ml Fernet Branca; 15 ml Cherry Heering

Rye whiskey gives a spicy backbone to floral St-Germain and dark Cherry Heering, with a bitter edge from Fernet Branca. Stirred and served with a grapefruit twist. Created by Thomas Newcomb in 2013.

Thomas Newcomb created the Trainspotter in 2013 at The Continental Room in Fullerton, California. It is a twist on the Brooklyn, and the name and idea come from the film Trainspotting.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Fruity

Herbal

Spicy